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Homemade tomato soup and homemade bread - “shit Sunday meal”?

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Moud · 01/11/2026 13:23

Had planned to make gammon and cauliflower and cheese but we have quite a lot of tomatoes and veg that could do with using up. I thought homemade tomato soup with a nice loaf of cheese and garlic bread would be nice. But dh has said it’s a bit shit for a Sunday. We enjoy a “nicer” home cooked meal on Sundays. Take it in turns. We have things for a roast but it can be done later in the week.

I think dh was rude. Tbf he typically makes more of an effort ie we had homemade ravioli last week. Thats on him though as he’s more of a foodie. I’m genuinely not trying to get out of work just wanting to avoid waste!

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Butchyrestingface · 01/11/2026 13:56

I am a soup-a-holic but would think you were taking the piss if you served that up to me as a Sunday meal, esp if I’d spent the previous week cooking ravioli from scratch.

Mid-week night if I were knackered, sure.

outerspacepotato · 01/11/2026 13:56

I agree with your husband, I don't think that's enough for a meal. There's very little protein there.

You're serving a starter. Grilled cheese sandwiches on the bread would round it out a bit.

Moud · 01/11/2026 13:59

Retne · 01/11/2026 13:54

Would the ingredients have gone off if you'd used them tomorrow?

No it’s just Mondays and Tuesdays are busier evenings for us - music lessons and a club activity. I work lates on a Wednesday. It is very possible I will be lazy and grab the kids something microwaveable on these days. Chucking in a gammon joint with some baby potatoes and veg is far more likely to happen compared to chopping up veg for a soup during the week. Soup tonight guarantees no waste was my logic.

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Vroomfondleswaistcoat · 01/11/2026 14:08

Like many others I might be a wee bit disappointed at soup and bread, no matter how delicious it sounds. I think I'd probably use the tomatoes to make a sauce for a pasta dish or something rather than just have as soup - make a huge batch, freeze some for later. Or use them as a base for a tomatoey curry.

But he was very rude to phrase it the way he did. If someone else is cooking then they are the person who calls the shots. If you don;t like it, cook yourself something.

WrongWomen · 01/11/2026 14:23

Why can't you have the soup for lunch & still make the roast for dinner?

SockPlant · 01/11/2026 14:24

yeah- if you usually have a higher effort sunday mean, soup and bread is a bit meh.
Why not have had the soup and bread tomorrow and have the higher effort meal today?

DreamingOfGeneHunt · 01/11/2026 14:26

I would like the soup (I just had homemade spicy lentil and pumpkin soup with a peanut butter sandwich on the side) but most people I know would expect something bigger.

MyBestThing · 01/11/2026 14:30

Homemade soup and homemade bread is great, but for a mid week lunch or on a Sunday evening if having a roast at lunchtime.

It's actually what I had for lunch. I made leek and potato soup and crusty bread. I'll do a roast later with fruit crumble for afters.

Tryingtokeepgoing · 01/11/2026 14:33

If I’d been expecting some nice gammon but ended up with tomato soup, home made or not, I too would be disappointed. But I wouldn’t be rude about it! On the other hand, the gammon could have been cooking while the soup was being made, along with the bread. Gammon for lunch, with soup for the next day. Fresh bread would make a lovely gammon sandwich if there was any left over. and then the OP wouldn’t have had to cook one or two nights in the week :)

Goldensprat · 01/11/2026 14:34

I think some soups can definitely be a proper meal, but not tomato soup. Chicken and lentil or cullen skink or leek and potato are much heartier soups. I love tomato soup but it's not very filling.

punkinpye · 01/11/2026 14:35

It sounds good to me! I'll be over later OP, and I'll bring some pudding, your DH can take himself out for a bag of chips!

Inertia · 01/11/2026 14:47

I’d have the soup for lunch and the roast for dinner. Any leftover soup will freeze perfectly well, so no waste.

We wouldn’t have time to cook a roast dinner midweek.

My DH and the kids would be very sadfaced if they’d been promised gammon and roasties and ended up with soup.

CharliePingPong · 01/11/2026 15:08

It is very possible I will be lazy and grab the kids something microwaveable on these days

What, like soup?

Thepeopleversuswork · 01/11/2026 15:11

Am I living in a parallel universe?

Since when has it been acceptable to call a meal prepared for you “shit”? Its irrelevant whether its gammon, tomato soup or a piece of cheese on toast.

In our house the rule is if you want something specific and others don’t want it you make it yourself.

I am astonished that people are splitting hairs over whether this is a starter or a main. Its bloody rude.

Moud · 01/11/2026 15:20

WrongWomen · 01/11/2026 14:23

Why can't you have the soup for lunch & still make the roast for dinner?

We went out for a late brunch. No one was going to be hungry. Plus I don’t want to be cooking and chopping the entire day

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SamphiretheTervosaur · 01/11/2026 15:22

That's the kind of meal my DH loves to make.

Even in a Sunday

Yours seems to have had a bit of a glitch!

ChimneyPot · 01/11/2026 15:23

What is the protein in the meal?

justguessinggg · 01/11/2026 15:23

He was rude. Tomato soup and bread can be excellent cosy meal but I think that you do have to be in the mood for it. A cold winter evening where you want a bit off low effort comfort. If you aren't in the mood it could be seen as a bit light if you are starving and wanting to shred a steak.

CharliePingPong · 01/11/2026 15:28

We went out for a late brunch. No one was going to be hungry

Maybe you could have said that part in your OP?

TheCappyEffect · 01/11/2026 15:31

Sounds delicious to me, I had the same but it was just out of a tin!

Burningbud1981 · 01/11/2026 15:32

Moud · 01/11/2026 15:20

We went out for a late brunch. No one was going to be hungry. Plus I don’t want to be cooking and chopping the entire day

That’s up there for drip feed of the year

Velumental · 01/11/2026 15:38

What time was brunch and what was the type.fo.food? Like if I'd a cooked breakfasts tyle brunch at 11am soup and bread would be grand for early dinner. Particularly with sticky toffee after

Butchyrestingface · 01/11/2026 15:39

Burningbud1981 · 01/11/2026 15:32

That’s up there for drip feed of the year

It’ll be a three course ‘late brunch’ at 15:00 next. 😄

NeverDropYourMooncup · 01/11/2026 15:40

I like soup. However, I don't feel that a bit of frying, a bit of boiling and whizzing the blender counts as a good Sunday dinner.

I'd cook the gammon and cauliflower cheese, then make the soup for tomorrow, including any leftover gammon.

ACommonTreasuryForAll · 01/11/2026 15:41

What is wrong with people? Food is food is food. OP's is homemade and requires no effort for her DH. It is my favourite type of meal.

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